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Environment & Energy

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

11. Say What?

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Jun 28, 2012, 11:23 PM

Jun 2012

The PTB will not stop what it is doing. Really, we've known this for years. All actions to get them to stop killing the planet's life have been pissing in the wind. And i am just now drying out.

Since they seem to be throwing common sense right out the window, it makes me wonder if they know the gig is up and they are just going to grab all they can while they can in order for them and theirs to survive.

I gotta get a new set of friends.........

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Monbiot - After Rio, Now We Know - Governments Have Given Up On The Planet [View all] hatrack Jun 2012 OP

If they have given up, that means civilization has no future. And if that's the case, I for one kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #1

Good point RobertEarl Jun 2012 #12

In order to "give up" they'd need to be on the planet's side to begin with. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #2

+1, exactly. And the enablers? Those saying that solutions were capitalistic / profitable. joshcryer Jun 2012 #5

Was it too much to have asked? GliderGuider Jun 2012 #3

Geoengineering will save us! joshcryer Jun 2012 #4

Not even in jest Josh ... Nihil Jun 2012 #7

Oh, no jest intended. The capitalists have already figured it out. joshcryer Jun 2012 #8

One of his best pieces Nihil Jun 2012 #6

I have to agree. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #9

Governments are as much part of the machine as anything The2ndWheel Jun 2012 #10

Say What? RobertEarl Jun 2012 #11